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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 6134101" data-attributes="member: 19675">If the studs are close enough, it might stop a few slashes.  Some padding would be needed for taking some force out of a pludgening attack...but a thrust would be pretty much unhindered.But the idea behind it wasn't to stand up to extended melee, just something light enough to be worn for extended periods of time and protect someone until they could get someplace safer and/or some help.I talked to a Secret Service Agent about his time on the presidential protection detail.  According to him, everything you saw an agent carrying was functional, right down to a manila folder that contained a sheet of composite armor or the Kevlar-lined trenchcoat.Like studded leather, the folder or trenchcoat wouldn't stop a whole hell of a lot but it was light enough to carry and could be placed in front of a vital organ while moving a target to a safer location.</blockquote>